UW Health E5-345 Internal Discharge Lounge User Manual
- August 14, 2024
- UW Health
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UW Health E5-345 Internal Discharge Lounge
Internal Discharge Lounge
Your doctor feels that you are ready for discharge. You are now able to discharge from your inpatient bed and transfer to our Internal Discharge Lounge (E5/345) to wait for your ride. This allows us to start cleaning your old room to prepare it for a new patient.
Discharge Lounge Phone:608-890-5910
Moving to the Discharge Lounge
UW Health staff will transport you to our Internal Discharge Lounge. There you will meet the clinical staff who will care for you while you wait for your ride.
Instructions for Your Ride
Contact your ride and give them the phone number to the lounge. Your ride does not need to park in the ramp when they arrive at the hospital. They can drive up to the main entrance and call the lounge. Staff will then take you down to meet your ride at the main entrance.
Services We Provide
When you are in the discharge lounge, our staff can provide:
- Discharge teaching
- Medicine teaching
- Blood sugar checks
- Vaccines
- Insulin
- Other medicines as needed
Other Services
- Snacks and drinks, or meals that you can order and eat in the lounge
- TV
- Phone access and phone charging station
- Handicap-accessible restroom
- Magazines
- Masks and hand sanitizer
Leaving the Lounge
We will take you down to the main entrance to meet your ride. If you need to pick up medicine at the outpatient pharmacy, we will help you do that when you leave.
Your health care team may have given you this information as part of your care. If so, please use it and call if you have any questions. If this information was not given to you as part of your care, please check with your doctor. This is not medical advice. This is not to be used for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. Because each person’s health needs are different, you should talk with your doctor or others on your health care team when using this information. If you have an emergency, please call 911. Copyright © 8/2024 University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics Authority. All rights reserved. Produced by the Department of Nursing HF#8357.